Nailless horseshoe.



No. 814,184. PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906. L. N. BBAUOHEMIN,

NAILLESS HORSESHOE.

Arnronmx FILED was 1. 1905.

Witnesses: Mytaw ozmzzmw/mm, Inventor- BY 7(W Attorneys UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS NAPOLEON BEAUOHEMIN, OF MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOG. HERBERT SIMPSON, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

NAILLESS HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

l No. 814, 184.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed June 1, 3905. serial No. 263,27L

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS Nnrornorv BEAUCHEMIN, a subject of the Kin ofGreat Britain, residing in the city and district of Montreai, Provinceof Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and usefui improvements inNailless Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in what arecommonly known as nailless horseshoes-that is, horseshoes which areadapted to be secured upon the feet of horses without driving nailsthrough the shoes and into the horny portion of the foot; and itconsists in certain features of novelty in the detail construction andarrangement thereof, all as hereinafter more full described, andspecifically pointed out in t e claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a shoe of the characterdescribed comprising two pivotally-connected side plates to whichlocking means are connected, whereby the shoe may be adjusted to fitfeet of different widths and be firmly looked thereupon.

Referring to the annexed drawings, in

which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horseshoe as invented byme. F ig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the same, showing it attachedto a portion of a hoof; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view takenon line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing an attaching-spur in full lines and alsoin dotted lines bent to connect it with a hoof portion, also shown indotted lines.

Referring to the parts, 4 and 5 are the pivotall connected side piatesof the shoe, whic are united by means of the pivot 6, projecting throughperforations in the toe extensions 7 and 8, integral, respectively, withthe side plates 4 and 5.

Projecting upwardly from the plates 4 and 5 are spurs 9, which arepreferably formed as shown in the sectional View, Fig. 3, in the firstinstance, but which are adapted to be bent at their upper ends to formattachin or securing points 10, by means of which t ey are held inengagement with the hoof 11 of a horse.

Pivotally connected with the rear portion of the plate 4 is a bar 11,which is slotted longitudinally at 12, while a corresponding bar 13 ispivotall Y connected with the rear or bed portion of the side plate 5,the said bars 11 and 13 being supported upon pintles 14, having upsetheads outside of the bars 11 and 13 to prevent accidental removal ofsaid bars, while the inner portion of said pintles 14 are shrunk intoposition within corre sponding perforations in the heel portion of theside plates 4 and 5.

The bars 11 and 13 are provided with serrations 15 upon the contiguousfaces thereof, which serrations are adapted to interlock when the shoeis in position upon the horse and he held in en agement b means of thebolt 16, projected through the slot 12 and seated in a recess 17 in thebar 13, while a nut 17 and jam-nut 18 are provided on the outerscrew-threaded portion of said nut 16 to secure the same in position.

As illustrated in the annexed drawings, toe-calks 19 and heel-calks 20are formed upon the side plates 4 and 5; but it will be evident thatsuch tos-calks and hcel-calks are not necessary, and the plates 4 and 5may be formed without such members, if desired, and a smooth or fiatshoe may be equipped with the invention, if desired.

In operation the shoe is formed with the spurs 9, and the locking-bars11 and 13 are secured thereupon, after which the shoe is placed inposition in engagement with the horses hoof by bending in the points 10so that they will engage with the horn of the foot, after which themembers 11 and 13 are united by means of the bolt 16 referred to,whereby the shoe is firmly locked in position upon the horses foot, fromwhich it may be removed onl by removing the nuts 1'7 and 18 and withrawing the bolt 16, so as to separate the serrations 15 of saidlocking-bars 11 and 13.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of myinvention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form orposition without affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention,and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as areincluded within the scope of the following claims or of mechanicalequivalents to the structures set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a device of the character described, a pair of plates, a pivotsecuring one end of the plates together, a bar pivoted to the free endof one of the plates and provided with serrations on one side andprovided with anopening therethrough, a bar ivoted to the free end ofthe other late an provided with serrations on one si e, provided with arecess on its opposite side and provided with an open ing therethrough,a bolt disposed through said openings with its head in said recess, anda nut on the bolt, said recess being adapted to lock said bolt againstrotation.

2. In a device of the character described, a pair of plates providedwith straight spurs adapted to be turned inward, a pivot securing oneend of the plates together, a bar pivoted to the free end of one of theplates and provided. with serrations on one side and provided with anopening therethrough, a bar pivoted to the free end of the other plateand provided with serrations on one side, pro vided with a recess on itsopposite side and provided with an opening therethrough, a bolt disposedthrough said openings with its head in said recess, and a nut on thebolt, said re eess being adapted to lock said bolt against rotation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS NAPOLEON BEAUOHEMIN. Vitnesses:

T. MYNARD, M. MoALEER.

